Journal for Labour Market Research

Table 4 Survival Probabilities after 6, 12, 18 and 24 Months of Duration, by Gender

From: The evolution of job stability and wages after the implementation of the Hartz reformsDie Entwicklung von Beschäftigungsstabilität und Löhnen seit Einführung der Hartz-Reformen

West Germany
–	Men				Women
Year	6 Mths	12 Mths	18 Mths	24 Mths	6 Mths	12 Mths	18 Mths	24 Mths
1998	0.72	0.56	0.49	0.42	0.75	0.60	0.51	0.44
1999	0.71	0.56	0.47	0.41	0.76	0.62	0.52	0.46
2000	0.70	0.55	0.46	0.39	0.73	0.59	0.49	0.42
2001	0.71	0.55	0.47	0.39	0.75	0.59	0.51	0.44
2002	0.70	0.54	0.46	0.40	0.74	0.59	0.51	0.45
2003	0.71	0.56	0.47	0.41	0.76	0.62	0.53	0.46
2004	0.71	0.55	0.47	0.41	0.75	0.62	0.53	0.46
2005	0.71	0.55	0.48	0.42	0.76	0.62	0.54	0.47
2006	0.70	0.55	0.47	0.40	0.75	0.62	0.53	0.46
2007	0.70	0.57	0.47	0.41	0.75	0.62	0.53	0.46
2008	0.70	0.55	0.47	0.41	0.76	0.62	0.53	0.46
2009	0.70	0.54	–	–	0.76	0.61	–	–
East Germany
–	Men				Women
Year	6 Mths	12 Mths	18 Mths	24 Mths	6 Mths	12 Mths	18 Mths	24 Mths
1998	0.71	0.48	0.39	0.33	0.80	0.53	0.44	0.38
1999	0.68	0.50	0.36	0.29	0.78	0.62	0.45	0.39
2000	0.68	0.47	0.37	0.31	0.77	0.53	0.43	0.37
2001	0.69	0.46	0.38	0.30	0.78	0.56	0.49	0.41
2002	0.68	0.47	0.39	0.33	0.77	0.56	0.49	0.43
2003	0.66	0.48	0.38	0.32	0.75	0.59	0.49	0.44
2004	0.64	0.44	0.37	0.31	0.73	0.56	0.48	0.42
2005	0.66	0.47	0.40	0.34	0.75	0.59	0.52	0.45
2006	0.68	0.51	0.43	0.37	0.75	0.59	0.52	0.46
2007	0.69	0.53	0.43	0.37	0.76	0.61	0.51	0.45
2008	0.68	0.51	0.43	0.36	0.75	0.60	0.51	0.44
2009	0.67	0.50	–	–	0.76	0.58	–	–

Source: IEB, own calculations

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